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Biotechnology Progress

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 1891

ISSN8756-7938eISSN1520-6033

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.564

H-Indexi

169

SNIPi

0.803

Total Worksi

6,552

Total Citationsi

232,021

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Food Science & Technology; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1891

FrequencyBimonthly, 1990-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,552

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

8756-7938 / 1520-6033

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

185

3.5k

2019

172

3.2k

2020

103

1.7k

2021

985

2022

835

2023

113

598

2024

119

228

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsProtein purification and stabilityMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBiofuel production and bioconversion3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchVirus-based gene therapy researchEnzyme Production and CharacterizationMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications

Frequently asked questions about Biotechnology Progress

Is Biotechnology Progress a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biotechnology Progress: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biotechnology Progress?

Biotechnology Progress is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.28.

Is Biotechnology Progress indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biotechnology Progress is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biotechnology Progress?